Cllr Silvester said: “It would be a blot on the landscape and would be seen for miles. It’s inappropriate in a semi-residential area. I support the objections of the local residents and the parish council. I hope the Cheshire East planners will turn down the application for the reasons we have given.”

Cllr Margaret Simon added: “Whilst the applicant’s wish to achieve and use ‘green energy’ is commendable, I’ve considered the objections and on balance I do not think the proposed location is a suitable one. Therefore, I support the residents and Shavington Parish Council all the way on this one. They are quite right to be upset by the suggestion of such an intrusion on their residential locality.”

They wish to call tghe proposals in on the planning grounds of unacceptable visual intrusion in a residential area, over-dominance over adjacent properties, the detrimental impact on the landscape, noise pollution and shadow flicker which occurs when the sun passes behind the hub of a turbine and casts a shadow over adjacent properties.